Abundance, Classification and Genetic Potential of Thaumarchaeota in Metagenomes of European Agricultural Soils: a Meta-Analysis. Thaumarchaeota in Metagenomes of European Agricultural Soils

On a broad view, European agricultural soil microbiomes are similarly structured. Differences in community structure were observable, although analysis was complicated by heterogeneity in metadata recording. Our study highlights the need for standardized metadata reporting and the benefits of networking open data. Future soil sequencing studies should also consider high sequencing depths in order to enable reconstruction of genome bins. Intriguingly, the family Nitrososphaeraceae commonly seems to be of importance in agricultural microbiomes.